The purpose of the categorization was to enable the researchers to compose a list that could be referred to for continuing research into student retention, though the list in itself is not intended for predicting persistence and retention. It will later be used for writing questionnaires and interview questions aimed at measuring general feelings of satisfaction or the like. The most common ideas or issues could later serve as guidelines in preparing a set of questions for further research on the subject. Some of the key items can be put into Likert-type questions; for instance, by asking respondents to indicate their level of satisfaction from 1 to 4 or so on. An example of one such item would be: “Rate your overall relationship with the faculty members with whom you are most in contact with”: 1. Poor 2. Needs Improvement 3. Good 4. Excellent. Also, a similar scale could be used to put weight on specific items. For example, we can ask the respondents to rank the following issues from most to least serious: Some Thai instructors speak a lot of Thai, Lack of interaction between instructors and students, Lack of English-speaking personnel at other BU departments, Redtape (procedures), etc… Their answers should offer added insight on which issues have the most and least significance.